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Re: [ARSCLIST] Squealing Scotch 996



In a message dated 11/9/2005 10:58:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
inaudio@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> Nose grease is (or was) also the best lube for Revox A700 brakes - once 
> a month and they never squealed. It's not sweat or "perspiration" or 
> "glow" but skin oil. Human skin. Rumor has it that the stopping of 
> whale oil was the reason for all the tape problems from the late 70s 
> on...
> 

Far more grease on neck behind the ear lobe, FWIW.
Don Chichester


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